Labour Calls for Weekend Appointments and NHS Reform

Labour said it would ending the non-dom tax status to fund overtime pay. And Wes Streeting said Labour can’t just ’turn the [funding] tap on' without NHS reform

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer (R) and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting (R2), meeting scientists during a visit to the Francis Crick Institute in north London on May 12, 2023. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he would ramp up weekend appointments to tackle NHS backlogs, while the shadow health secretary said investment in the national health service must be linked with reform.

NHS England data published last week showed a slight drop in the overall NHS waiting list for treatment, to 7.71 million treatments waiting to be carried out at the end of October, relating to 6.44 million patients.